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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Possessive - 's

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00I'd like to know what are the ways to express these:02br
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00(The) University of Pittsburgh's website / The website of the University... / (other)02br
00(The) April second's elections / the election of April second / (other)02br
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00Thanks. 050010id1
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00The) University of Pittsburgh's website / The website of the University... / (other)02br 00(The) April second's elections / the election of April second / (other)02font 02br 01font 02br 02br 00These sound OK to me: - 02br 00The University of Pittsburgh's website / The website of the University... / The University of Pittsburgh website02br 02br 00April 2nd's election / the election of 01i 01b 00or02b 02i 00 on April 2nd.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00The) University of Pittsburgh's website / The website of the University...
  • / (other)02br 00(The) April second's elections / the election of April second / (other)02font 02br 01font 02br 02br 00These sound OK to me: - 02br 00The University of Pittsburgh's website / The website of the University...
  • / The University of Pittsburgh website02br 02br 00April 2nd's election / the election of 01i 01b 00or02b 02i 00 on April 2nd.
  • / the April 2nd.
  • election02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive02br 02br 02font 0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00The) University of Pittsburgh's website / The website of the University... / (other)02br
00(The) April second's elections / the election of April second / (other)02font02br
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00These sound OK to me: - 02br
00The University of P
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0Thank you, Clive.02br
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00I think the second phrase can be thought of like this.02br
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00April 2nd's election -- this illustrates an instance where the words 'April 2nd' function as a noun.02br
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00the April 2nd. election -- this illustrates an instance where the words 'April 2nd." is an adjective.02br
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0Hi Believer,02br
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00You should not use the "a" in the two examples you just gave. 02br
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00Denmark's announcement (assuming you know what announcement this is) or A/The recent announcement by Denmark...02br
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00Sometimes we use the name of the country as though it were a person. Bill's announcement... Denmark's announcement.
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0Thank you, GG.02br
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00Would you say the following example is not correct too?02br
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01i00Britain's decision, in addition to (or coupled with) 01u00a Denmark's announcement02u00 to pull out its forces by ... 02i02br
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00Also, if I may ask another question, is this a case of a genitive in p
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1font00Would you say the following example is not correct too?02font02br
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01i01font00Britain's decision, in addition to (or coupled with) 01u00a Denmark's announcement02u00 to pull out its forces by ... 02font02i02br
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00Yes, I would say t
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0 Thank you for the replies, guys.02br
00I have some other doubts, though...02br
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00That happened (on) the election('s) day / That happened (on) th day of the election02br
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00Do I need that "on" or the possessive s?02br
00Thanks. 050010id1
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0"it happened on election day" or "it happened on the day of the election."02br
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00No possessive... and I really do wish I had a better "rule" for you to follow.0-
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0 It feels like there needs to be quite a strong sense of possession/ownership in order for the possessive to work. Thus, for example, the election doesn't really own the day in the way that Bill would own his own announcement. Does this sound right to you, GG, or am I just muddying the waters here? 0-
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0That makes sense: the election's outcome, for example is strongly linked to the election, but the day still "belongs" to a lot of other things too.02br
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00In any case, it makes as much sense as anything I could come up with! Thanks.0-
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0 Thank you.02br
00Anyway, don't worry, I know that there are no rules for possessives. Once you have an idea of what sounds good and what does not, you "feel" what is good, but there isn't really any rule of thumb. You could say that "election day" is good because you similarly say "Indipendence Day".02br
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